Please allow me to "Re-introduce Myself"

Aloha,

(Whoo... what's with this weird, white background...)

OK, where was I... As you may remember like it was only last year, 2012 was an amazing 366 days (I'm trying not to say "year" more than once. Saying "year" multiple times - like I wrote "year" above - can be bothersome to some.)

Anyway, one of the positive things was that so many new writers joined the blogging community.

We visit other blogger’s sites and they visit us.

However, many new bloggers and the more established ones (like those folk who don't need hyperlinks to their sites :) ... well, often it turns out we don't really know much about each other, do we?

(Now, sometimes that isn't necessarily a bad thing, he cackled wildly, before running off to the beach in a grass skirt, coconut bra as he tried (valiantly) to shed the calorific residue of yet another plate of fresh spam.)

(Hang on, isn't "fresh Spam" an oxymoron?)

Mayhap, but please continue.

OK, this Blogfest, which takes place JANUARY 28th is a cool opportunity to re-introduce ourselves to our ever-expanding circles of fun-fluence (and I don't mean that annoying Google thing, either... am I in your circle... do I have to plus myself in... why haven't you shared anything with me yet???:)

This is a great idea for a fest, and any post title that references a Stones song is alright by me. You cracked me up about Google+ LOL. I really hate it and can't figure out what I'm even supposed to do with it. And it seems no matter who I click on, it says they haven't shared anything with me yet. It's tough on self-esteem.

Awesome idea for a blogfest, but I JUST got done reading Dreamcatcher, by Stephen King--which repeatedly referenced the song Sympathy for the Devil. It was a looong book, so that song was stuck on a never-ending loop in my head for the better part of a week. I just got it out of my brain yesterday...